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FA Cup second qualifying round draw pairs non-league sides after 112 first-round ties

The FA Cup second qualifying round draw has taken place, with National League North and National League South clubs among those learning their opponents. The draw follows a weekend in which 112 ties were played across the seventh to ninth tiers of English football.

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FA Cup second qualifying round draw pairs non-league sides after 112 first-round ties
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The FA Cup second qualifying round draw has been made, confirming the fixtures for non-league clubs progressing from a packed weekend of first qualifying round action across England.

National League North and National League South sides enter the competition at this stage, joining survivors from the 112 ties played across the seventh to ninth tiers of the pyramid over the weekend. The draw determines who each club will face as they bid to advance in the world’s oldest cup competition.

Not every second qualifying round place was settled before the draw was conducted. Several first qualifying round matches ended in draws, meaning replays are scheduled across Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week — a feature that has been retained in the qualifying rounds even after the FA scrapped replays from the first round proper onwards.

The FA published the full draw on Monday afternoon, with clubs from across the non-league pyramid now aware of their next opponents and the challenge that stands between them and a place in the first round proper, where Football League sides enter the competition.

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